I've Been Playing....

I really had so much fun with my hybrid layouts this month!! I had a ball putting this one together! I just sort of went with what I was feeling and tried not to overthink anything! That’s so unusual for me. The wings, heart with wings, and “love” words are all printed from the cd. The wings are white on the cd and I colored them with a marker but you could color them on your computer before you print them if you want. And then I added some yummy copper Stickles glitter to top them off. I love the way they turned out!! And that bubble wrap is the piece that I used to stamp on my other hybrid layout! (A little recycling…hehe!) That’s my messy, sporadic, but fun little hybrid layout.
I couldn't stop there...those Prima papers are so yummy!!! One more hybrid layout...I printed the circle word stamp (“just can’t get enough you”) from the cd and then adhered it to a piece of a box (a pop-tart box, actually…more recycling..hehe!) and cut that out for a little extra dimension. Then I put that on top of a cute little chipboard shape from Bo Bunny. So simple but it adds some nice dimension to the page. And the border strip was printed from the cd as well.

Now for some digital goodness...How could you go wrong with a category called “silly???” All of the elements for this page are from the “silly” folder/category on the Digital Scrapbook Memories "In the Mood" cd except for the doodley frame. It’s actually a border piece from the “festive” folder and I just duplicated it and resized it and made a frame out of it. I didn’t add any shadowing to it because I wanted it to look like it was drawn right on the paper. I reworked the title a little, too. It is one long sentence on the cd but I did a little editing and stacked it instead.

Okay...almost done...one more. I have to admit…I don’t usually say this but…I love this layout! I did some editing to Syd’s picture…I wanted a really high contrast kind of look. This was simple to do…I made a duplicate layer of my picture, turned that layer black and white and made the contrast levels very high (bright white highlights and very dark shadows), and then I made that black and white layer an overlay. I know it’s not a look that’s for everyone but I liked it. But here’s my favorite part…the circles and bubble wrap-type paint were from a patterned paper on the cd called “celebrate.” I just cleared out the parts I didn’t like and did a little cloning to add more of the blue dots (they were in a very perfect pattern and I wanted them to be more sporadic) and ta-da! It looks like I had an overlay and did some stamping/painting. And I adjusted the opacity of the journaling and some of the elements to soften them a bit and blend them into the background. I don’t really know why but this turned out to be one of my favorite layouts so far. So there they are...my projects for the month. I hope you found a little inspiration in there somewhere. :-) Sorry for the marathon post but I just felt like sharing today!! {hehe!!}

Thanks for stopping by!! Have a great day!!

~Phoebe